What role do decomposers play in the cycling of material in a biogeochemical cycle?

A. Decomposers break down organisms to supply the soil, water, and air with inorganic chemicals.

B. Decomposers use nonliving processes such as rain and fire to make inorganic chemicals.

C. Decomposers make chemicals from the nonliving environment into organic compounds.

D. Decomposers incorporate some organic compounds into their bodies and release some back to the environment as waste.

Using complete sentences, outline two specific examples of how technology advances make the world seem smaller.explain what it means to say the world is “shrinking”

City 24-hr average yearly temperature in ºc total yearly precipitation in mm minsk, belarus (former ussr) (53° n, 27° e) shanghai, china (31° n, 121° e) baltimore city, usa (39° n, 76° w) helsinki, finland (60° n, 24° e) banff, canada (51° n, 115° w) kuala lumpur, malaysia (3° n 101° e) 26.5 2393.6 buenos aires, argentina (34° s, 58° w) jakarta, indonesia (6° s, 106° e) questions 1. what factor contributes most to the warm climate of kuala lumpur? 2. banff and minsk are located at similar latitudes. what could account for banff’s average yearly temperature being lower than minsk’s? 3. which city’s climate is most similar to jakarta, baltimore or kuala lumpur? explain your answer. 4. shanghai and buenos aires have located thousands of miles apart and in different hemispheres, yet their climates are similar. what reasoning could explain this?

The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down eventually becoming soil